Under One Roof

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The Rubettes are an English pop/glam rock band put together in 1974 after the release of "Sugar Baby Love", a recording assembled of studio session musicians in 1973 by the songwriting team of Wayne Bickerton, the then head of A&R at Polydor Records, and his co-songwriter, Tony Waddington, after their doo-wop and 1950s American pop-influenced songs had been rejected by a number of existing acts. Waddington paired the group with manager John Morris, the husband of singer Clodagh Rodgers and under his guidance, the band duly emerged at the tail end of the glam rock movement, wearing trademark white suits and cloth caps on stage. Their first release, "Sugar Baby Love" was an instant hit remaining at number one in the United Kingdom for four weeks in May 1974, wh… more »


Year:
1983
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#3

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Billy ran away from his home to find away to live in peace
His Mama didn't give a damn about him
His Papa's on the run from the Police
When Billy hit the city - the city hit Billy

No one needs you when your down and out
Then one kind guy with the painted eyes
Picked him up and bailed him out
Under one roof sharing one room

Nobody cared about them under one roof
Sharing one room daring the world to part them
Billy found it hard to find a job to make some pay
All day looking round

Getting me down I was being turned away
And Johnny was the only one who didn't talk down
To Billy from up above and for the first time in his life
Billy found out what it felt like to be loved.

Under one roof sharing one love
Nobody cared about them under one roof
Sharing one love daring the world to part them.
Somehow Billy's Papa found out all about the style of Billy's life

And it didn't take long before he came round and he had a knife
He cut up Johnny stole all his money
He called him all the names that he could find
Said he'd wait for Billy at the factory tomorrow

And show him what they do to Billy's kind.
Under one roof sharing on love
Now the whole world knew about them
Under one roof

Sharing one love daring the world to part them.
Johnny said 'Billy we can run away from the world no more
I'm gonna fetch my daddy
I'm gonna show the world who I'm living for and if I lose my job

If I lose my life you'll know one thing is true
He can take away anything from me
But he won't take me from you.
And at five thirty dead his daddy waited at the factory

For him to come and how it did degrade
Him he cut him and he slayed him
And spat on him in front of everyone
As Billy lay dying his Papa started crying

Because the parent through him he became
And all because the person who has the first to give him love
Had been a man.

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Written by: JOHN RICHARDSON, ALAN WILLIAMS

Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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